Ibrahim ibn Tashfin ( ar, إبراهيم بن تاشفين) (died 1147) was the seventh

Almoravid The Almoravid dynasty ( ar, المرابطون, translit=Al-Murābiṭūn, lit=those from the ribats) was an imperial Berber Muslim dynasty centered in the territory of present-day Morocco. It established an empire in the 11th century that s ...

Emir Emir (; ar, أمير ' ), sometimes transliterated amir, amier, or ameer, is a word of Arabic origin that can refer to a male monarch, aristocrat, holder of high-ranking military or political office, or other person possessing actual or cerem ...

, who reigned shortly in 1146–1147. Once the news of the death of his father

Tashfin ibn Ali Tashfin ibn Ali (died 23 March 1145, or 25 March 1145 CE; Arabic : تاشفين بن علي ) was the 6th Almoravid Emir, he reigned in 1143–1145. Biography Tashfin ibn Ali was appointed Governor of Granada and Almería in 1129, as well ...

reached

Marrakech Marrakesh or Marrakech ( or ; ar, مراكش, murrākuš, ; ber, ⵎⵕⵕⴰⴽⵛ, translit=mṛṛakc}) is the fourth largest city in the Kingdom of Morocco. It is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco and is the capital of the Marrakes ...

, he was proclaimed king while still an infant. He was soon replaced by his uncle

Ishaq ibn Ali Ishaq ibn Ali ( ar, إسحق بن علي) (died April 1147) was the 8th and last Almoravid Emir who reigned shortly in 1147. Ibrahim was the uncle of his predecessor as emir, Ibrahim ibn Tashfin, and was killed after the conquest of Marrakech ...

, but the

Almohads The Almohad Caliphate (; ar, خِلَافَةُ ٱلْمُوَحِّدِينَ or or from ar, ٱلْمُوَحِّدُونَ, translit=al-Muwaḥḥidūn, lit=those who profess the unity of God) was a North African Berber Muslim empire fo ...

quickly subdued Marrakech and killed both.

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1147 deaths Almoravid emirs People from Marrakesh Year of birth unknown 12th-century Berber people {{Islam-bio-stub 12th-century Moroccan people